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Country talks back - This Place

04 March 2020
Culture and Capability
A head photo of an Indigenous man in blue shirt with sunglasses on his head. In the background are trees and sky.

Learn how place names provide connection to Country.

For thousands of years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been naming places that were sacred or important to them.

This video is part of an ABC produced series named This Place. It tells the story behind one of these special places:

Warrgamay place names provide a wealth of history and knowledge of Country. The words used to name places are in recognition of place or a person that came from that place, and provide connection to Country.

Find out more

For more information, visit This Place.